Nicholas Woo, Ed.M, Mph Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York

Providing oversight to a portfolio of 7 mental health programs that provide preventive, supportive, and direct clinical mental health services to individuals ages 0 through 24 in New York City.Collaborating with city agencies to develop performance and outcome metrics to measure, monitor, and evaluate program health and efficacy.Creating and managing project work plans that guide and support program development and improvement.

New York, New York

Managing 18 initiatives housed in the New York City Department of Education, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Administration for Children’s Services, and Department of Youth and Community Development which primarily serve children, youth, and families. Providing guidance and support to initiatives in order to ensure the delivery of high quality and effective programs.Tracking programmatic data and conducting quality assurance so programs meet milestones and goals.

New York, Ny

Planning, developing, and creating program data monitoring and evaluation tools for 14 community schools using data from the NYC Department of Education; using tools to improve attendance and academic outcomes, reduce chronic absenteeism, and monitor the impact of family outreach and health interventions.Collaborating with program leadership to promote culture of continuous learning; increasing staff’s ability to manage program outcomes by building academic and attendance tools that compare school efficacy measures including attendance, chronic absenteeism, and state exam scores and comparing them over time and against comparable public schools in New York City. Writing, editing, and providing data analysis for grants; including Robin Hood Foundation.Developing data reports and presenting results to internal and external stakeholders with research and evaluation expertise and to improve agency’s quality of data.

Brooklyn, Ny

Achieved 98th percentile absenteeism reduction and exceeded average daily attendance goal by 3.02% points after utilizing systems-level approach as project manager for school attendance initiative. Utilized systems-level thinking to manage school public health projects; coordinated mental health services for students in need, awarded grant for in-house food pantry, and facilitated free optometry screenings and over 100 pairs of glasses to students in need.Managed a discretionary budget of $100,000; led NYC’s Community School Initiative at a public school.Hired and supervised staff to implement attendance interventions (home visits and after school programs).

Bronx, Ny

Created and supervised implementation of ELA and math curricula; 26% and 12% of 4th-8th grade students outperformed comparable students in the district on math and ELA scores; respectively.Collected academic data and created data-driven interventions for students: matched one-on-one tutoring and created a LEXILE-tiered library as part of a literacy initiative.

San Francisco, Ca

Academic Coordinator – Organization’s first Coordinator; creating and implementing professional development meetings that helped improve teachers’ pedagogical practice. Assisted in the logistical planning of summer program. Humanities 9 – First teacher to pilot a literacy initiative with 93% of students meeting and exceeding goals. This is now replicated throughout the entire organization. Students engaged in action research projects and wrote research papers exploring environmental improvement strategies.

San Francisco

Teaching Leadership Roles – Leading professional development on social justice issues as a first year teacher. Organizing a school to prison pipeline school assembly where two formerly incarcerated men emphasized the importance of education.Leadership 2 and Government and Economics – Guiding students to learn about political philosophers and social justice issues such as racism, classism, sexism, and the school to prison pipeline.

University Of California, Irvine

Conducted two year-long qualitative research projects entitled: The Use and Moral Justifications of Torture in Terrorism and Anti-Terrorism and Just War Theory and the Treatment of US Soldiers. Analyzed government and military policies and presented research at UROP symposium.

Taught 7th and 8th grade students a multidisciplinary curriculum that included criminology, youth rights, gangs, and provided college guidance and information. Developed student reading, writing, and oratory skills through debate exercises. Organized and facilitated group meetings with other college students.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Conducted research for internal reports and documentation and assisted in organizing local events.

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Sociomedical Sciences

Successfully completed thesis entitled: Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Literature Review of the Health Implications of Adverse Childhood.

Ed.M, Teaching And Curriculum

Activities and Societies: Educators for Equity and Democracy (Established inaugural Social Justice Workshops); Harvard Graduate School.

B.A., Political Science And Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Worker Student Alliance; UCI Debate; Chinese Association